Israel
Israel is in Western Asia, with its capital at Jerusalem and an area of about 20,770 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- State of Israel
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Asia · Western Asia
- Area
- 20,770 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Currencies
- Israeli new shekel (ILS)
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary republic
- Natural resources
- timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
- Industries
- high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, pharmaceuticals, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, cut diamonds, textiles, footwear
- Main exports
- integrated circuits, diamonds, broadcasting equipment, medical instruments, refined petroleum
First-level divisions (6)
- Central
- Northern
- Southern
- Haifa
- Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
Major cities
- Tel Aviv (population 3,112,000)
- Jerusalem (population 1,029,300)
- Haifa (population 1,011,000)
- Beersheba (population 206,408)
- Nazareth (population 151,459)
- Ramla (population 63,860)